cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/45037993

Bloody hell. Neighbor driving by called me up to suggest there might be an issue.

Thank dog for good neighbors.

    • ikidd@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      16·
      8 days ago

      We scooped most of it up with a couple of loaders and shovelled the rest, and put it back in the raw bin to take another trip around. Hopefully didn’t take any gravel with it, that makes a hell of a noise when it goes through the mill and is sub-optimal.

        • ikidd@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          51·
          7 days ago

          No, actually the moisture can help the milling process. The big guys have mills set up to add water as they mill to improve the consistency of the product.

          Too much moisture and the grain will sprout and clump up in the bin, but snow isn’t really much actual water.

      • ArachnidMania@lemmy.ca
        7·
        8 days ago

        I’ve heard some chicken farms will take grain mixed with rocks, chickens will pick right through the rocks.

        • teyrnon@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          4 days ago

          Fun facts, not really fun so much as disgusting and reckless, but they scrape the floor of those chicken concentration camps and scoop up all of the spilt feed and straw and chickenshit and they feed it To like cows and such, and that is to a large degree how bird flu got spread to the dairy cows.

        • ikidd@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          17·
          8 days ago

          Chickens actually need gravel and grit for their gizzards to grind up their food, so it’s not an issue. It’s not really and issue for cattle as well as they’ll just pass it, it’s more of a problem with the mill.

  • Furbag@lemmy.world
    6·
    8 days ago

    Here are your messages, sir:

    Please move your grain.

    You have 10 minutes to move your grain.

    Your grain has been milled into a heap.

    You have 10 minutes to move your heap.